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Automatically filling a drive table

a technology of automatic filling and drive table, which is applied in the direction of unauthorized memory use protection, television system, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of manual solution, inability to stop and restart processes running in the background, and high labor intensity

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-13
IBM CORP
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As this manual solution requires a human to enter drive information, the solution is error prone.
Additionally, the manual solution is very time consuming when installing a large number of tape drives (e.g. 192 tape drives in a library).
Moreover, if the manual solution runs in the foreground, then processes running in the background may have to be stopped and restarted while the drive table is being completed.
Entering drive information manually may also be viewed as a usability problem from a customer's perspective.

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[0084]The described operations may be implemented as a method, computer program product or apparatus using standard programming and / or engineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof.

[0085]Each of the embodiments may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment containing both hardware and software elements. The embodiments may be implemented in software, which includes but is not limited to firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.

[0086]Furthermore, the embodiments may take the form of a computer program product accessible from a computer-usable or computer-readable medium providing program code for use by or in connection with a computer or any instruction execution system. For the purposes of this description, a computer-usable or computer readable medium may be any apparatus that may contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for ...

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Abstract

Provided are techniques for filling a drive table. A key request including at least one of a drive serial number and a world wide node name is received from a data storage drive. It is determined whether the drive serial number or a world wide node name are in an entry in a drive table. In response to determining that the drive serial number or a world wide node name are not in an entry in a drive table, a new entry is automatically added in the drive table that includes the at least one of a drive serial number and a world wide node name.

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BACKGROUND [0001]1. Field[0002]Embodiments of the invention relate to automatically filling a drive table.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Automated data storage libraries (e.g. tape libraries including tape drives) are known for providing cost effective storage and retrieval of large quantities of data. The data in automated data storage libraries is stored on data storage media (e.g. tape cartridges) that are, in turn, stored in storage slots (or storage shelves or the like) inside the library in a fashion that renders the data storage media, and its resident data, accessible for physical retrieval. An accessor may be used to move data storage media (e.g., tape cartridges) between the storage slots and data storage drives (e.g., tape drives). Such data storage media are commonly termed “removable media.” Data storage media may comprise any type of media on which data may be stored and which may serve as removable media, including but not limited to magnetic media (such...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F21/73G06F21/6209
Inventor HAHN, TIMOTHY JAMESJAQUETTE, GLEN ALAN
Owner IBM CORP
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